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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · 1d

Andrei-Constantin Gudu in Cross-border Talks⬇️.
www.crossbordertalks.eu/2025/05/10/a...

Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · 18d

It's not exactly something that is disrupting our lives. And don't get me wrong, if I go for run in the woods near my house I won't carry my ID card in my shorts. If I go to a protest, I would definitely have it on me.

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · 18d

As an EU citizen you are required to have your ID card on you at all times. While rare, failing to provide either an ID card or a passport may get you detained.

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · 19d

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euronews.com/my-europe/2025

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · 20d

Much like in the case of homophobia, the reality is much more complex and varies from country to country.

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · 22d

That's how...

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Tommaso Sabbatini @tommsabb.bsky.social · 22d

Starmer's opinion piece in the Telegraph is printed next to a defence of Sarkozy, freshly convicted of criminal conspiracy, and an ad for a pamphlet against colonial ‘guilt’. That's the audience that Changed Labour thinks wise to cultivate.

A portion of p. 14 in today's Telegraph. Bottom left is Starmer's text. Bottom right, a headline reads ‘France's activist judges are out of control’. Left, an ad for Nigel Biggar's Reparations: Slavery and the Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt.

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · 23d

Ok... so LaBron or LxBron?

Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · 24d

... lowest numbers spends twice as much as Romania. This is 2021 data. Romania's current austerity program DOES impact primary education despite its already decrepit state. 2/2

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · 24d

Romania's catastrophic education system.
Data originating with France's Institut des politiques publiques shows that Romania has the lowest per student spending for primary education in the entire EU.
Moreover Romania is an outlier. Bulgaria, with the second... 1/

www.liberation.fr/societe/educ...

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · 24d

How a French study reveals the catastrophic state of Romania's education system.
Data originating from France's "Institut des politiques publiques" shows that Romania has by far the lowest spending in the EU per primary school student. Actually, Romania is... 1/
www.liberation.fr/societe/educ...

Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · 24d

To be fair this⬇️ does have some Ceaușescu-regime vibes.
edition.cnn.com/2025/07/22/p...

House Republicans push to name Kennedy Center’s opera house after Melania Trump | CNN Politics

House Republicans want to name the John F. Kennedy Center’s opera house after first lady Melania Trump.

edition.cnn.com

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · 25d

Far-right 🇷🇴 MEP Diana Șoșoacă is facing various charges for her antisemitic statements and Holocaust denial but also for the alleged physical abuse of Italian journalist Lucia Goracci back in 2022.
hotnews.ro/diana-sosoac...

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · 29d

Crin Antonescu, PNL candidate at the 2025 🇷🇴 presidential elections (also backed by PSD), recently attacked rival party USR calling them "the Bolsheviks of our age". Antonescu says he will keep supporting PNL if it becomes "an anti-Soros force".
www.gandul.ro/actualitate/...

Crin Antonescu, necruțător. Anularea alegerilor: “ilogică”/ “Daca PNL devine o forță anti-Soroșistă, o voi sprijini / USR “noii bolșevici”

www.gandul.ro

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · Sep 16

Disturbing, well documented investigation by 🇷🇴 journalists Luiza Vasiliu and Victor Ilie (see link⬇️). The authors focus on one of the most popular neo-fascist accounts on X. They show the role of pro-Russian bots in increasing the account's visibility. drepturisistrambe.substack.com/p/botii-pro-...

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · Sep 10

Romanian president Nicușor Dan stands by his decision veto the bill reinforcing bans on fascist organizations and public display of fascist or antisemitic symbols. His arguments are red herrings pure and simple.
www.dcnews.ro/nicusor-dan-...

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · Sep 10

Later edit: source in OP is Eurydice not Eurostat.

Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · Sep 10

And before I end this, reminder: Romania already has some of the lowest PISA scores in Europe. Which sort of makes sense when you realize what kind of morons run the country (and don't get me stared on the opposition).
Have a wonderful day y'all. 8/8
worldpopulationreview.com/country-rank...

PISA Scores by Country 2025

Discover population, economy, health, and more with the most comprehensive global statistics at your fingertips.

worldpopulationreview.com

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · Sep 10

This isn't with medium and long term consequences, particularly since Romania already has difficulties recruiting young teachers and features one of the oldest corps in the EU. Great success! Clone Bolojan (and get the clones to teach)! 7/

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · Sep 10

In any case, with more students per class following the current "reform" and, forced to move between various schools, in order to comply with statutory requirements in terms of teaching hours, I can only imagine the impact on their satisfaction. 6/

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · Sep 10

Satisfaction as a function of relative salary. Romanian teachers aren't the worst payed in Europe (relative to the country's average salary) but are overall among the most dissatisfied.
Note to self: Portugal is a strange outlier. Should research why. 5/

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · Sep 10

Moving on to workload. The recent reform increases the fixed teaching hour workload from 18 to 20 hours/week. It doesn't make Romania an outlier (but it wasn't one before either). 4/

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · Sep 10

Moreover, when it comes to precarious contracts for teachers, Romania is second only to Spain. 3/

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · Sep 10

And let's begin with this⬇️. The legal nature of the job. Romania is part of a small number of European states where the teachers' job is safe-guarded by a special status (such as civil servant or similar). 2/

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Mihăiță Baston @bastonmihaita.bsky.social · Sep 10

Let's have a look at some data and statistics while the Romanian government sadistically butchers the country's education system. My source is this Eurostat report⬇️ (link included).
www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...

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